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Does my hosting work with Macs?

Yes, it does.
Everything on your account works on our servers, so it doesn't matter what your personal computer is or which operating system it uses.

Mac Mail Setup

1. Open up Mail.app and press Command+Comma to invoke the Preferences window.
2. Switch to the "Accounts" pane and press the + button in the lower-left corner.
3. Under "Account Information", fill out the following information:
◦ Account Type: POP or IMAP (we recommend IMAP)
◦ Email Address: email-name@your-domain-name.com
◦ Incoming Mail Server: mail.your-domain-name.com
◦ Username: email-name@your-domain-name.com
◦ Password: your email password
◦ Note that POP uses port 110 and IMAP uses port 143
4. Select "Add Server..." from the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) pop-up menu. Here are the details for it:
◦ Outgoing Mail Server: mail.your-domain-name.com
◦ Server port: 26
◦ Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): NO
◦ Authentication: password
◦ User Name: email-name@your-domain-name.com
◦ Password: your email password
◦ Dismiss the window by pressing "OK."
5. Back in the "Accounts" pane, switch to the "Advanced" tab and do not check the box marked "Use SSL" towards the bottom.
6. The rest of the process is short and sweet, and merely involves changing your preferences to enable POP access.

File Transfers on a Mac.

To transfer your files to our server you must use a program that allows for SFTP transfers. Please upload all web content to the "public_html" directory. We recommend Dreamweaver CS4 or newer, or Filezilla.

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